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All results from a given calculation for C4H6O2 (2,3-Butanedione)

using model chemistry: CCD/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.181153
Energy at 298.15K-305.187356
Nuclear repulsion energy222.981265
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at CCD/6-31G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3143 3016 0.00      
2 Ag 3040 2917 0.00      
3 Ag 1727 1657 0.00      
4 Ag 1528 1467 0.00      
5 Ag 1466 1407 0.00      
6 Ag 1336 1281 0.00      
7 Ag 1057 1015 0.00      
8 Ag 705 676 0.00      
9 Ag 547 524 0.00      
10 Ag 373 358 0.00      
11 Au 3109 2983 13.46      
12 Au 1524 1462 21.64      
13 Au 1032 990 3.61      
14 Au 362 348 6.02      
15 Au 125 120 0.01      
16 Au 64 61 10.48      
17 Bg 3109 2983 0.00      
18 Bg 1525 1464 0.00      
19 Bg 1106 1061 0.00      
20 Bg 623 598 0.00      
21 Bg 125 120 0.00      
22 Bu 3143 3016 16.72      
23 Bu 3040 2917 3.97      
24 Bu 1715 1645 70.53      
25 Bu 1529 1467 28.58      
26 Bu 1466 1406 49.48      
27 Bu 1179 1132 73.79      
28 Bu 959 920 14.14      
29 Bu 555 533 39.00      
30 Bu 245 236 16.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20728.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9595) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19889.1 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at CCD/6-31G
ABC
0.17195 0.10990 0.06878

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-31G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.065 0.765 0.000
C2 0.065 -0.765 0.000
C3 1.209 1.590 0.000
C4 -1.209 -1.590 0.000
O5 -1.209 1.272 0.000
O6 1.209 -1.272 0.000
H7 0.943 2.655 0.000
H8 -0.943 -2.655 0.000
H9 1.819 1.356 0.887
H10 1.819 1.356 -0.887
H11 -1.819 -1.356 0.887
H12 -1.819 -1.356 -0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.53601.51722.61791.25082.40242.14213.53152.16472.16472.89202.8920
C21.53602.61791.51722.40241.25083.53152.14212.89202.89202.16472.1647
C31.51722.61793.99392.43822.86131.09844.75921.10161.10164.31654.3165
C42.61791.51723.99392.86132.43824.75921.09844.31654.31651.10161.1016
O51.25082.40242.43822.86133.50902.55823.93603.15633.15632.83982.8398
O62.40241.25082.86132.43823.50903.93602.55822.83982.83983.15633.1563
H72.14213.53151.09844.75922.55823.93605.63571.80061.80064.95064.9506
H83.53152.14214.75921.09843.93602.55825.63574.95064.95061.80061.8006
H92.16472.89201.10164.31653.15632.83981.80064.95061.77324.53834.8724
H102.16472.89201.10164.31653.15632.83981.80064.95061.77324.87244.5383
H112.89202.16474.31651.10162.83983.15634.95061.80064.53834.87241.7732
H122.89202.16474.31651.10162.83983.15634.95061.80064.87244.53831.7732

picture of 2,3-Butanedione state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 118.057 C1 C2 O6 118.740
C1 C3 H7 108.917 C1 C3 H9 110.500
C1 C3 H10 110.500 C2 C1 C3 118.057
C2 C1 O5 118.740 C2 C4 H8 108.917
C2 C4 H11 110.500 C2 C4 H12 110.500
C3 C1 O5 123.203 C4 C2 O6 123.203
H7 C3 H9 109.860 H7 C3 H10 109.860
H8 C4 H11 109.860 H8 C4 H12 109.860
H9 C3 H10 107.190 H11 C4 H12 107.190
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability